Countering Pit's A-Attack Spam as Snake?

[Wielder of Narya]

First off, im not a hardcore brawl gamer. I just rented the game yesterday, and rented the Wii with it aswell, so obviously i'm pretty new... but i played the melee version several months ago very often, so i'm familiar with the basics.
Secondly, i use a Gamecube controller (the Wii controllers are gay imo; i can't use them for crap) so please keep this in mind when referring to button combos.
And lastly, i only play against my younger brother, who doesn't excel really at any strategy games and fails to realize the advantage of having a plan > button smashing in any online game.

Soo..... heres my problem:

I always played as Bowser in melee, but i loved CoD4 online and was great at it so Snake practically reached out his hand to me. And mines and C4 are just awesome! I can own my bro with Bowser regardless of which character he is using, but in a Snake vs Pit match, im always the loser. The main problem i have is countering Pit's Neutral A-Attack spam. Many characters have something that can neutralize it, i.e. Metaknight's B-Left/B-Right attack which just passes right through it, but as snake all i know i can do is

A)

Shoot a rocket at him, in which case he will only shield up

B)

Attempt an ariel downwards kick, which he will counter by upward slashing

C)

Call up my trusty UAV and fly to other side of him, in which case he will only face me and proceed as previously, hammering his A button.


Any help?

 

[Sergetrigger]

Well... remember that you can control Snake's nikta missiles and that you can duck under pit's arrows if the player doesn't know how to control the movement of the arrows.. I suggest either use the missiles to go on a straight line against the arrow spamming Pit, then as soon as it comes close, shield so the missile can drop... Or you can crawl your way to Pit's face and hit him with a couple of ftilts.

 

[Wielder of Narya]

I knew that you could control the missiles, but i wasn't aware of the ability to cancel it... I'm always getting KO'd because i was just sitting there like a duck guiding an awry missile lol. So shielding drops the missile? nice.
Now I've tried going prone and crawling up to him for a ground sweeper, but my opponent is in now way unaware of the power he has over his OP arrows... so that doesn't work too well. I'll try the missile+shield thing, i guess the point is to drop it so it catches him off-guard before he can put a shield up?
Thx for the suggestions!

 

[Sergetrigger]

Oh and before I forget, you can also try and use grenade counters.

 

[gshock92]

Pull out a nade and when he comes to use his A-attack, shield with the nade and it should blow up when he tries to hit you, which should result in only him being damaged.

 

[IronSquirrel891]

yeah, grenade counters ****s his **** up.